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web designing courses

Hi all
I need to ask web designers that if they have university degrees in web designing or not ?
I want to make a decision for myself to continue studying in web designing filed or something else.
I have more than 5 years experience in web designing and need some guidelines for myself from you to go through a better path
many thnx for your help

Pretty much every university in the USA offers a web design or development course of study. I don't have any 1 link to give you. I'm not sure about online courses but I do believe they have them somewhere (I just don't know where).

I personally wouldn't take a degree in web design, educational institutions are well known for teaching out of date information because it takes so long for new standards to be approved and reach the classroom. You would be much better off either doing something like Computer Science, an explicit certificate like CIW or a degree in a non-direct related course like graphic design.

I personally wouldn't take a degree in web design, educational institutions are well known for teaching out of date information because it takes so long for new standards to be approved and reach the classroom. You would be much better off either doing something like Computer Science, an explicit certificate like CIW or a degree in a non-direct related course like graphic design.

I agree. I've been studying some Computer Science subjects and my understanding of web development concepts has benefited enormously.